Meter-box.



IJ. T. JACKSON.,

METER BOX.

APPLIoATIoH FILED JAN. 22, 1912.

Patented Sept. 10, 1912.

- form a groove in which the end walls are JOI-INA T. JACKSON, OF EL RENO, OKLAHOMA.

METER-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed Januarryrflhlgm. Serial No. 672,661.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN T. JACKSON, a citizen ,of the United States, residing at El Reno, in the county of Canadian and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Meter-B0xes, of which the following is a specification.

The box which is the subject of the present invention is designed more particularly to serve as a housing for water meters, stopcocks, and other Water appliances located under ground, and its object is to provide a strong, durable and cheap box which 1s in sections so that it can be` shipped inknocledown form, and also to provide improved means for securing the sections together whereby they may be easily and quickly assembled.

vWith these objects/Yin view, the invention consists in a novelV construction andan arrangement of parts tov be hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in Which- Figure -1 is a plan view of. the -box';Fig. 2V

is a longitudinal section Fig. 3 is a vertical section; and Fig. 4 is a sectionalv detail on the line 44 of Fig. 2. Fi 5 is a sectional view showing a cover astening.

Referring specifically to the drawing, 5 denotes the water meter whichv is to be inclosed in the box which is the subject of the present invention. The box also incloses a cut-off or stop-cock 6, and is constructed so as to accommodate the pipe 7 to which the meter and the, stop-cock are connected. The box comprises sidewalls 8, end walls 9, and a top or cover 10. The box is open at the bottom, and in the end Walls, at the bottom thereof, are recesses 1l so that the box may be slipped down overy the meter and the stop-cock, the pipel 7 passing through the recesses. 1

On the inner face of the side walls, at each end thereof, are two parallel vertical ribs l2 which are spaced apart so as to held, the vertical edgesof said Walls extendingbetvveen the ribs. On the inner face of' each end wall, near the top and bottom thereof, are lugs 13 having a slot 14. These lugs are adjacent to the vertical edges of the side walls and extend through recesses `having openings, and the side wa l5 in the innermost-ones lof the ribs l2 so as Patented Sept. 10, 1912. 1

to come close to the inner face of the side walls. In the side walls are apertures 15a which register with the slots 14 when the Walls are assembled. Bolts 16 passing through the slots and apertures, and secured by nuts 17 inside the box, fasten the four walls thereof together.

On the inner face of each side Wall 8 is a reinforcingV rib 1,8, and on the bottom of said wall is an inside bead 1,9. A similar bead 20 is formed on the bottom of theend walls, said bead also extending around the recesses 11. The side and end Walls also vhave an internal ledge 2l near the top, which extends entirely around the box on the inside thereof and on which thecover 10 is supported, said cover resting loosely onlthe ledge. On the bottom of the cover are strengthening ribs 22. vThe ledge 21 may also serve to support an extension if a box of'greater height is required.

The structure herein described can be easily and quickly assembled, and as the walls are separable, the box can be shipped in knock-down form, thus saving space and reducing the expense of shipment. The parts can becheaply made by being cast, and no machine workof any kind iste#v quired. The cover 10 may be fastened in place by means of a bolt 23 passingthrough apertures in the side walls 8 and through eyes in lugs 24 on the bottom of the cover, as shown in Fig. 5.

I claim:

1. A box comprising separable side and end walls, and a cover, said side walls having s aced parallel vertical inwardly directed ri s adjacent to'each end, and the end Walls iitting at their ends between said ribs, the innermost ones of the ribs having recesses,.and the end Walls having internal lugs passing'through said recesses said lugs 1s havlng apertures which register with said openings, and fastening means passing through said registering openings and apertures.

2. A box comprising separable side and end Walls having an `internahledge at the top thereof, and a cover supportgd on the ledge,-fsaid side walls having spacedparab' 1e1 vertical inwardly directed ribs adjacent passing through said registering openings to each end, and the end Walls fitting atand apertures.

their ends between said ribs, the innermost In testimony whereof I aix my signature ones of the ribs having recesses, and the end in presence of two witnesses.

Walls having internal lugs passing through JOHN T. JACKSON. said recesses, said lugs having openings, and the side Walls having apertures which register .With said openings, and fastening means Witnesses:

HARRY JENSEN, f DAYTON MUNSELL.

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